I'm naturally risk averse but when it comes to BTC I'm not. In fact, I don't see Bitcoin as a risk, the more I look at it - and into it - and the more it looks like an iron-clad certainty. Bitcoin was born 13 years ago and it has been living through predictable since. The reason why we're not all BTC billionaires already is that while it is very easy to predict what is going to happen, it is nigh on impossible to predict *when* it is going to happen. Let me explain by breaking down the Bitcoin cycle in three phases.
1. Phase One: Incumbents and oldtimers keep hodling and buying, institutions and newcomers (mostly) ignore it
This is when people who've been hodling BTC for a while keep hodling and/or keep buying, if they have cash, some of them will continue to talk about it with friends and family, some will talk about it on YouTube or their blog or whatever. This is when the level of attention from institutions and governments is at its . They are, for the most part, ignoring it and so are the newcomers.
2. Phase Two: Newcomers start buying, legacy media outlets cover the news with mixed sentiment
This is when newcomers start buying Bitcoin or at the very least, they start looking into it and considering it. This leads to institutional attention and media attention feelings and sentiment. You get headlines that seem to mostly come from curiousity for the 'novel' thing, and governments downplay it.
3. Phase Three: The market starts settling and dipping, causing panic-selling and institutional bashing
This is when people who got in recently and thought they'd be millionaires by the end of the week start getting impatient. Some of them sell. Institutions and governments change their narrative, transitioning from 'mixed' feelings to feelings. You get sensationalist headlines, media outlets bashing Bitcoin and highlighting any losses, causing more panic-selling and more mocking from government officials and CEOs
Then, slowly and gradually, the market and we're back to Phase 1. If you've been holding BTC for a few years, you've seen this at least once, in 2017-2018, if you've been holding it for longer, you've seen it multiple times.
In my view, we're in Phase 3. According to some reports, 70% of BTC holders only started buying in 2021 and no doubt many of them will be scared though. Some will hang in there and celebrate later, some will sell and regret it. Or forget all about it.
My 2 cents. Let me know what you think in the comments.
I've crossposted this article on my blog bitcoinea and LeoFinance
